John,
I have to comment here. I own an OM4 with the old circuit, which doesn't
suffer from the dreaded battery-drain problem. It is well over 14 months
since I changed batteries, and despite actually having used the camera
frequently in those 14 months, the battery is still going strong....
The thing I do on that OM4 - which is what I do on the OM2s/p's also - is
to turn the shutter-speed to a "mechanical" setting (i.e. one of the red
numbers) when not using it. Just like I would move the mode switch on the
OM2n to "off" when it's not in use (yeah yeah, I know that the "red
numbers" do not turn off the camera entirely).
If my experience with the OM4 is typical, then I guess it is possible to
live with the "battery drain". However I do not know if it is typical....
Also, I was considering....how hard would it be for a skilled
professional such as yourself to fit an on-off switch somewhere on the OM4
body? Just something disconnecting the battery alltogether from the
circuitry in the camera? I dunno how much space is left inside the
OM4's - never opened one yet. Just a thought...
Best regards
--thomas
On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, John Hermanson wrote:
> Unless the 4 has had a 4T circuit installed, they all eat batteries. get
> the seller to turn the battery test on. If it shuts off automatically in 30
> seconds, it has the latest (and last) circuit.
>
> John Hermanson
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> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 11:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Older Battery Eating OM 4's? Serial Nos.
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> | > How does one identify an older OM 4, as the one that eats batteries. It
> | > would be good to know when buying on Ebay..
> | >
> | > What serial nos?
> |
> | It would be equally good to know for us that own -4's. Or are we all out
> of
> | luck?
> | JP
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